The National tribune., 1887-11-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts OF the
World.



Lord Lytton has been appointed British Am
bassador 20 Paris, 20 succeed Lord Lyons, who
IA retired from active service. The latter, who
was Minister 10 Washington when the late war
broke out has been created an Earl.--Tbe
German Crown Prince, who is spending the
Winter In Italy, writes home that he expects
90 return next Spring with restored health.
The flagship of the Russian fleet in the
Pacific went ashore on the rocks last Sunday
at Vladivostock, on the east coast of Siberia.
The appointment Of Hon. Joseph Cham
berlan as one of Tie British Commissioners TO
Washington 10 negotiate new treaty TO set
Gle the Fisheries Questions is very distasteful
90 the English public, and the press demand
the withdrawal of has appointment. IL as
urged in the English press that Mr.. Chamber
lain Is so distastotul, personally, TO the Ameri-
can public and authorities that his presence
here will tend 10 failure 10 conclude treaty.
OBITUARY.
The funeral of the late Rear Admiral J. w.
A. Nicholson, U. s. Navy, took place Sunday
from his late home in New York city. Gen.
w. Il. Sherman was pallbearer.-Mrs. Mar
Farct Gayer died i'm Washington on Monday
morning in the 1924 year of her age She was
grown woman when President Washington
died in l799.-Mr. Eugene Ashton, of Ken
lucky, distinguished elocutiouist died sud
denly last Saturday in Philadelphia, and the
post mortem developed traces of poison. Last
Winter he was a society pet and lion In WASH
ington.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Antonio Infantes, a Spanish mronaut, was
killed Sunday at ST. Louis by falling with his
hot-air balloon, which collapsed when 500 feet
in air. His ascension was part of perform
ance of the Last Days of Pompei. Two
workmen fell 40 feet on Monday in the old
anchor shop at the Washington Navy Yard and
were seriously injured. John Depew, col
ored preacher aud politician was killed Sunday
while speaking in a church at Sturgess Miss,
by load Of burkshot fired by another colored
man outside. The preacher was about TO de-
nonncc the murderer for calf-stealing
III. Reynolds, editor of the Ashland Ohio
Tunes and a crippled Union veteran, was shot
and killed Saturday, near Ashland, by James
Mason, who was interested in libel uitagainst
Reyn0ds.-Ihe passenger propeller Vernon
was wrecked of Manitowoc Wis, last Satur-
day, and all on board lost. There were a num-
BIER OF passengers, besides a crew of % souls
IL negro camp-mecting In Hampton County,
s. c., broke mp last Friday night after the arrival
on the grounds OF barrel of whisky. Drunken
men wanted TO talk too much during the ex-
ercises, and razor and pistol fight followed.
Those not having raEors or pistols used pine
poles, and when the affair was over, one elder
was dead and six others were dying; % were
badly hurt besides.-Jourdan NJ Israel, a
young Washington lawyer, accidentally shot
and killed another young lawyer-an intimate
friend-last Friday evening. in the formers
Office on II street.-A district messenger left
a package last Friday night at the house of
James Wechsler a Brooklyn business man. Mrs.
Mechsler opened it. when it exploded, danger
ousiy iujuring her and young son. No trace
has been found of the villain who sent the
infernHl machine.--A keg Of beer exploded
last week in Charles Jungtz's saloon i'm Pitts
burg, knocking Jungtz down, injuring his
wife, wrecking the ice-bOx the keg was i'm,
blowing out the windows, and smashing all the
glassware behind the bar.
MISCELLANEOUS
1t lie q new report that Postmaster General
Villas win succeed Mr.. Lamar as Secretary of
the Interior il the latter goes 10 the Supreme
Court bench, and First Assistant Stevenson will
be promoted 10 Postmaster General.-Lieut-
Gen. Sheridan has returned from st. Paul,
where he went TO direct the proposed enlarge
ment Of Fort Smelling for a Accompany
garrison. He also looked after the,threatened
Crow outbreak, which he thinks will come out
alright with Gen. Ruger i'm charge in Montana.
The United States Supreme Court an
nounced Monday that decision in the Anarch-
list case would be rendered by Ihursday.-A
son of Prince Hohenlohe Of Prussia. is TO be-
come a Russian subject, SO as 10 inherit the
enormous Witlgenstcin estates. - Sword
Bearer the defiant Crow Chief who is endeay-
begin a raid on Sunday and attack cavalry
troop at the Agency, but a battalion of the Sd
II. =. Inf, under Maj. Snyder put in an appear
ance just then, and Sword Bearer wisely adj
journed his attack. A court in West Vir-
Rinia last week decided that an Indian doctors
son was not "cOlored" in the meaning of the
law f0rbiading cOeducation of white and col
ored children, and SO the little Indian can 20
90 school.-Gen. Albert Ordway, command
ing the District of Columbia troops is arrang-
ing TO organize military company to be mount
ed on trcyeles.-The story of A. It. Stewards
remains is at last told The thieves took the
bones 20 Canada, and demanded quarter mil
lion of dollars ransom, but finally accepted $780,
600 from Mrs. Stewart, who had the relies
placed In a vault under the Long Island Cathe-
dral at Garden City.-Jay Gould sent his
steam yacht to Europe last week, and sailed
himself Saturday By liner to join the Alta
lanta at Gibraltar.
Wanted,